EP1301118A2 - Compact fluorescence endoscopy video system - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to medical imaging systems in general and, in particular, to fluorescence endoscopy video systems. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
- Fluorescence endoscopy utilizes differences in the fluorescence response of normal tissue and tissue suspicious for early cancer as a tool in the detection and localization of such cancer.
- the fluorescing compounds or fluorophores that are excited during fluorescence endoscopy may be exogenously applied photoactive drugs that accumulate preferentially in suspicious tissues, or they may be the endogenous fluorophores that are present in all tissue.
- the fluorescence from the tissue is typically referred to as autofluorescence or native fluorescence.
- Tissue autofluorescence is typically due to fluorophores with absorption bands in the UV and blue portions of the visible spectrum and emission bands in the green to red portions of the visible spectrum. In tissue suspicious for early cancer, the green portion of the autofluorescence spectrum is significantly suppressed.
- Fluorescence endoscopy that is based on tissue autofluorescence utilizes this spectral difference to distinguish normal from suspicious tissue. Since the concentration and/or quantum efficiency of the endogenous fluorophores in tissue is relatively low, the fluorescence emitted by these fluorophores is not typically visible to the naked eye. Fluorescence endoscopy is consequently performed by employing low light image sensors to acquire images of the fluorescing tissue through the endoscope. The images acquired by these sensors are most often encoded as video signals and displayed on a color video monitor. Representative fluorescence endoscopy video systems that image tissue autofluorescence are disclosed in U.S. Patents No. 5,507,287, issued to Palcic et al.; No.
- fluorescence endoscopy is commonly performed as an adjunct to conventional white light endoscopy, it is also desirable for the system to be capable of acquiring both color and fluorescence images with the same camera and light source. It is also desirable to optimize such a fluorescence endoscopy video system to detect various types of cancer in different organs and to provide features so that it is easily calibrated for use with different types of endoscopes. It is also desirable that such a system be compatible for use with exogenously applied photoactive drugs. Finally, there is a need for a system in which the contrast between normal and suspicious tissue may be enhanced in the displayed fluorescence images.
- a fluorescence endoscopy video system in accordance with the present invention includes: an endoscopic light source that is capable of operating in multiple modes to produce either white light, fluorescence excitation light, or fluorescence excitation light with a reference reflectance light; an endoscope including a light guide for transmitting light to the tissue under observation and either an imaging guide or compact camera for receiving light from the tissue under observation; a compact camera that receives light from the image guide of an endoscope or directly from the tissue by virtue of being located in the insertion portion of the endoscope and is capable of operating in multiple imaging modes to acquire color or multichannel fluorescence and reflectance images. Images obtained are optically divided and projected onto one or more image sensors by a fixed beam splitter in the camera.
- One of the beams from the beam splitter is directed to an image sensor that acquires color images.
- the remaining beam is (or beams are) used alone or in conjunction with the first beam to acquire fluorescence and/or reflectance images;
- an image processor and system controller digitize, process, and encode the image signals as a color video signal;
- a contrast enhancement function may be present in the processor/controller. This function applies a non-unity gain factor to the processed reference image signal based on the relative intensity of the fluorescence/reflectance (or fluorescence/fluorescence) image signals;
- a color video monitor displays the processed video images; and a color calibration mechanism allows the response of the system to be calibrated for optical characteristics of different endoscopes and/or other image signal path variables.
- FIGURES 1A-1B are block diagrams of fluorescence endoscopy video systems according to embodiments of the present invention.
- FIGURE 2 is a block diagram of a multimode light source in accordance with another aspect of the present invention.
- FIGURES 3A-3C illustrate a preferred embodiment of the camera that can acquire color, fluorescence/reflectance, and/or fluorescence/fluorescence images according to the present invention with optional placement for collimation and imaging optics;
- FIGURES 4A-4E illustrate a number of camera beam splitter configurations;
- FIGURE 5 illustrates a second embodiment of a camera according to the present invention;
- FIGURE 6 illustrates a third embodiment of a camera according to the present invention
- FIGURES 7A-7D illustrate a number of spectral splitter and filter assembly configurations
- FIGURE 8 illustrates a fourth embodiment of a camera according to the present invention.
- FIGURE 9 illustrates examples of spectral splitter and filtering assembly that can transmit images to the same image plane
- FIGURE 10 illustrates a fifth embodiment of a camera according to the present invention.
- FIGURES 11A-11D are graphs illustrating presently preferred transmission characteristics of filters and dichroic splitters for fluorescence/reflectance imaging using green fluorescence light and red reflectance light;
- FIGURES 12A-12D are graphs illustrating presently preferred transmission characteristics for filters and dichroic splitters for fluorescence/reflectance imaging using green fluorescence light and blue reflectance light;
- FIGURES 13A-13D are graphs illustrating presently preferred transmission characteristics of filters and dichroic splitters for fluorescence/reflectance imaging using red fluorescence light and blue reflectance light;
- FIGURES 14A-14D are graphs illustrating presently preferred transmission characteristics of filters and dichroic splitters for fluorescence/reflectance imaging using red fluorescence light and blue reflectance light;
- FIGURES 15A-15D are graphs illustrating presently preferred transmission characteristics of filters and dichroic splitters for fluorescence/reflectance imaging using red fluorescence light and near-infrared reflectance light;
- FIGURES 16A-16D are graphs illustrating presently preferred transmission characteristics of filters and dichroic splitters for fluorescence/reflectance imaging using green fluorescence light and near-infrared reflectance light;
- FIGURES 17A-17D are graphs showing presently preferred transmission characteristics of filters and dichroic splitters for use with fluorescence/fluorescence imaging;
- FIGURE 18 is a graph illustrating presently preferred transmission characteristics of a blue blocking filter for fluorescence/reflectance or fluorescence/fluorescence imaging using a color image sensor with integrated selective filters.
- FIGURE 19 is a block diagram of a system to perform color calibration of the fluorescence endoscopy video system according to another aspect of the present invention.
- FIGURES 20-22 are ' graphs showing contrast enhancement tests and functions that can be used to highlight potentially cancerous tissue in accordance with another aspect of the present invention.
- FIGURE IA is a block diagram of a fluorescence endoscopy video system 50 in accordance with a presently preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the system includes a multimode light source 52 that generates a white light for obtaining color images.
- the light source 52 produces an excitation light for inducing tissue autofluorescence.
- the light source 52 produces an excitation light for inducing tissue autofluorescence and a reference reflectance light.
- the use of excitation light and excitation plus reflectance light for fluorescence/fluorescence and fluorescence/reflectance imaging modes will be described in further detail below.
- Light from the light source 52 is supplied to an illumination guide 54 of an endoscope 60, which then illuminates a tissue sample 58 that is to be imaged.
- FIGURE 2 shows the components of the light source 52 in greater detail.
- the light source 52 includes an arc lamp 70 that is surrounded by a reflector 72.
- the arc lamp 70 is a high pressure mercury arc lamp (such as the Osram VIP R 120P24).
- a high pressure mercury lamp is currently preferred for its combination of high blue light output, reasonably flat white light spectrum, and small arc size.
- the light from the arc lamp 70 is coupled to a light guide 54 of an endoscope 60 through appropriate optics 74, 76, and 78 for light collection, spectral filtering and focusing respectively.
- the light from the arc lamp is spectrally filtered by one of a number of optical filters 76 A, 76B, 76C... that operate to pass or reject desired wavelengths of light in accordance with the operating mode of the system.
- optical filter 76A eliminates any spectral peaks and modifies the color temperature of the light produced by the arc lamp 70.
- the transmission characteristics of the light source filters 76B, 76C... for fluorescence/reflectance and fluorescence/fluorescence imaging modes, respectively, are discussed in conjunction with the characteristics of the camera filters 118, 119 A, 119B... below.
- An intensity control 80 that adjusts the amount of light transmitted along the light path is positioned at an appropriate location between the arc lamp 70 and the endoscope light guide 54 and controls the amount of light coupled to the light guide 54.
- a shutter mechanism 82 may be positioned in the same optical path in order to block any of the light from the lamp from reaching the light guide.
- a controller 86 operates an actuator that moves the filters 76A, 76B, or 76C into and out of the light path. The controller 86 also controls the position of the intensity control 80 and the operation of the shutter mechanism 82.
- the system also includes a multimode camera 100.
- the light that is collected from the tissue by the endoscope 60 is transmitted through an image guide 56 and is projected into the multimode camera 100.
- image guide 56 is transmitted through an image guide 56 and is projected into the multimode camera 100.
- fluorescence endoscopy is generally used as an adjunct to white light endoscopy
- each of the various embodiments of the camera described below may be used both for color and fluorescence/reflectance and/or fluorescence/fluorescence imaging.
- FIGURE IB is a block diagram of an alternative fluorescence endoscopy video system 50, which differs from that shown in FIGURE IA, in that the multimode camera 100 is located at the insertion end of the endoscope and the endoscope does not contain image guide 56. With these differences, the resulting endoscope 60 can be characterized as a fluorescence video endoscope, similar to video endoscopes currently on the market (such as the Olympus CF-240L) in utility, but with the additional ability to be utilized for both color and fluorescence/reflectance and/or fluorescence/fluorescence imaging.
- FIGURE IB is identical to that shown in FIGURE IA.
- the various embodiments of the camera described below lend themselves to implementation in a fluorescence video endoscope due to their compactness.
- the multimode camera 100 directly collects the light emitted by the tissue.
- the inherent advantages of a video endoscope can be obtained: namely, the light available to form an image and the image resolution are improved compared to the case when the image is transmitted outside the body through an endoscope imaging guide.
- a camera 100 A receives light from the image guide 56 of an endoscope 60 and directs the light towards a color image sensor 102 and a low light image sensor 104.
- light is typically directed to either of the two image sensors 102 or 104 with a movable mirror that is selectively inserted into the optical path.
- a movable mirror must be carefully constructed so that it moves within tight tolerances. This adds greatly to the complexity and cost of the camera. The need to maintain these tight tolerances throughout the lifetime of the system also decreases the camera's reliability.
- the camera 100A replaces the moving mirror with a fixed optical beam splitter 106 that splits the incoming light into two beams.
- the light beam is split such that a smaller proportion of the light received from the endoscope 60 is directed towards the color image sensor 102 and a larger proportion of the incoming light is directed towards the low light image sensor 104.
- the beam splitter may be a standard commercially available single plate 88, single cube 89, or single pellicle design 90, as shown in FIGURES 4A-4C.
- the optical path between the endoscope 60 and image sensors contains an uneven number of reflections (e.g., such as from a single component beam splitter), the image projected onto the sensor will be left-to-right inverted. The orientation of such images will need to be corrected by image processing.
- the optical beam splitter 106 may be a combination of simple components or a custom prism design as shown in FIGURES 4D-4E.
- the cube assembly shown in FIGURE 4D is an example of standard, commercially available glass components (beam splitter cube 89, right angle prism 91, and simple glass block 92) that have been combined into an assembly.
- the glass block 92 is positioned behind the right angle prism 91 to compensate for the different path lengths such that both beams are focused in the same image plane.
- the custom prism shown in FIGURE 4E is comprised of three prisms.
- a first partially-mirrored surface 95 on a first prism directs a portion of the incoming light toward a fully reflective surface 96 on the first prism.
- Light reflected off the surface 96 passes through a second prism 99.
- Light passing through the partially- mirrored surface 95 is reflected off fully reflective surfaces 97 and 98 of a third prism.
- the optical path length of the beam that is reflected by the partially mirrored surface 95 is the same as the optical path of the light that passes through the partially- mirrored surface 95.
- the custom prism shown in FIGURE 4E has the advantage that it is more compact than the cube assembly and that it provides a continuous surface from which the image sensor(s) may be located.
- the two paths for the split image contain an even number of reflections and are optically equivalent in length.
- this allows both images to be projected into the same image plane (e.g., such as would be required if both images were imaged with a single image sensor).
- light collimating optics 110 are positioned between the endoscope 60 and beam splitter 106, and imaging optics 112 and 114 are positioned immediately preceding the color image sensor 102 and the low light image sensor 104, respectively.
- the collimating optics 110 have been eliminated. Such a configuration is preferable to that in FIGURE 3 A, if the light beam from the endoscope 60 is already collimated.
- FIGURE 3C The presently preferred configuration of the camera 100A is shown in FIGURE 3C.
- the collimating optics 110 have been eliminated and replaced with a single set of imaging optics 113 located between the endoscope 60 and beam splitter 106.
- the advantage of this configuration is that all imaging is performed and controlled by the same imaging optics 113.
- Such a configuration requires all beam paths to have the same optical path length, however, and this restriction must be considered in the design of the beam splitter 106 and a pair of spectral filters 118 and 119 that are located in the path to the image sensors 102 and 104. Glass block 121 is inserted into the optical path when spectral filter 119 is removed.
- a spectral filter 118 is located in the optical path between the beam splitter 106 and the low light image sensor 104.
- the spectral filter 118 may be incorporated as an element of the beam splitter 106.
- a second spectral filter 119 is positioned so that it can be moved into and out of the optical path between the beam splitter 106 and the color image sensor 102.
- a glass block 121 with the same optical path length as filter 119 is moved into position between the beam splitter 106 and the color image sensor 102 to maintain a constant optical path length.
- this insertable spectral filter 119 and glass block 121 may be incorporated elsewhere in the optical path between the endoscope 60 and the color image sensor 102. Moving a filter into and out of an optical path can be done with a simple mechanism as there are no stringent mechanical and optical requirements like those for moving a mirror.
- the low light image sensor 104 preferably comprises a monochrome charge coupled device (CCD), monochrome charge coupled device with charge carrier multiplication (such as the Texas Instruments TC253 or the Marconi Technologies
- CCD65 intensified charge coupled device
- ICCD charge injection device
- CID charge injection device
- CMD charge modulation device
- CMOS complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor
- ECCD electron beam charge coupled device
- the color image sensor 102 is preferably a color CCD, a color CCD with charge carrier multiplication, a three-CCD color image sensor assembly with charge carrier multiplication, a three-CCD color image sensor assembly, a color CMOS image sensor, or a three-CMOS color image sensor assembly.
- the system also includes a processor/controller 64 and a video monitor 66.
- the processor/controller 64 receives the transduced image signals from the camera 100 and digitizes and processes these signals. The processing of these signals may include the application of certain contrast enhancement algorithms described below. The processed signals are then encoded in a video format and displayed on a color video monitor 66. Based on operator input, the processor/controller 64 also provides control functions for the fluorescence endoscopy video system. These control functions include providing control signals that
- a second fluorescence image or a reflected light image, acquired in a waveband in which the image signal is not significantly affected by tissue pathology, may be utilized as a reference signal with which the signal strength of the first fluorescence image can be "normalized.”
- This normalization may be performed by assigning each of the two image signals a different display color, e.g., by supplying the image signals to different color inputs of a color video monitor. When displayed on a color video monitor, the two images are effectively combined to form a single image, the combined color of which represents the relative strengths of the signals from the two images.
- the color of the combined image is independent of the absolute strength of the separate image signals, the color will not change as a result of changes in the distance or angle of the endoscope 60 to the tissue sample 58 or other imaging geometry factors. If, however, there is a change in the shape of the autofluorescence spectrum of the observed tissue that gives rise to a change in the relative strength of the two image signals, such a change will be represented as a change in the color of the displayed image.
- the mixture of colors with which normal tissue and tissue suspicious for early cancer are displayed depends on the gain applied to each of the two separate image signals. There is an optimal gain ratio for which tissue suspicious for early cancer in a fluorescence image will appear as a distinctly different color than normal tissue. This gain ratio is said to provide the operator with the best combination of sensitivity (ability to detect suspect tissue) and specificity (ability to discriminate correctly). If the gain applied to the reference image signal is too high compared to the gain applied to the fluorescence image signal, the number of tissue areas that appears suspicious but whose pathology turns out to be normal, increases. Conversely, if the relative gain applied to the reference image signal is too low, sensitivity decreases and suspect tissue will appear like normal tissue.
- the ratio of the gains applied to the image signals must be maintained at all times.
- In vivo spectroscopy has been used to determine which differences in tissue autofluorescence and reflectance spectra have a pathological basis. The properties of these spectra determine the particular wavebands of autofluorescence and reflected light required for the fluorescence/reflectance imaging mode, or the particular two wavebands of autofluorescence required for fluorescence/fluorescence imaging mode. Since the properties of the spectra depend on the tissue type, the wavelengths of the important autofluorescence band(s) may depend on the tissue being imaged and the location within those tissues.
- the camera 100 shown in FIGURE 1 is capable of color, fluorescence/reflectance, and fluorescence/fluorescence imaging modes.
- the processor/controller 64 provides a control signal to the multimode light source 52 that it should be in white light mode.
- the light source 52 selects and positions the appropriate optical filter 76A into the optical path between the arc lamp 70 and the endoscope light guide 54.
- This filter 76A removes any spectral peaks and adjusts the color temperature of the light produced by the arc lamp 70.
- the filtered light from the light source 52 is projected into the endoscope light guide 54 and is transmitted to the tip of the endoscope 60 to illuminate the tissue 58.
- the processor/controller 64 also ensures that the camera is in the correct imaging mode to avoid damage to the sensitive low light image sensor 104.
- the low light image sensor 104 is an ICCD, for example, the voltage across the photocathode is set to zero.
- the light reflected by the tissue 58 is collected by the endoscope image guide 56 and is projected through the camera beam splitter 106 onto the color image sensor 102.
- Spectral filter 119 is removed from the optical path during this imaging mode and replaced by glass block 121 (if required).
- the color image is transduced by the color image sensor 102 and the resulting image signal is transmitted to the processor/controller 64.
- the processor/controller 64 Based on the brightness of the color image, the processor/controller 64 provides a control signal to the multimode light source 52 to adjust the intensity control 80 and thereby adjust the level of light output by the endoscope 60. The processor/controller 64 may also send a control signal to the camera 100 to adjust the gain of the color image sensor 102. After being processed, the color image is displayed on the video monitor 66. All of the imaging operations occur in real-time, that is to say they occur at analog video display rates (30 frames-per-second for NTSC format, and 25 frames-per-second for PAL format).
- the processor/controller 64 When switching to the fluorescence/reflectance imaging mode, the processor/controller 64 provides a control signal to the multimode light source 52 to indicate that it should be in fluorescence/reflectance mode.
- the light source 52 selects and positions the appropriate optical filter 76B into the optical path between the arc lamp 70 and the endoscope light guide 54.
- This filter 76B transmits those wavelengths of light that will induce the tissue 58 under examination to fiuoresce. It also transmits reference reflectance light in either the green or red portions of the visible spectrum or. alternatively, the blue excitation light can be utilized for the reference. All other wavelengths of light are blocked as described below.
- the filtered light is then projected into the endoscope light guide 54 and is transmitted to the tip of the endoscope 60 to illuminate the tissue 58.
- the processor/controller 64 also ensures that the camera 100 is in the correct imaging mode by providing power to the low light image sensor 104.
- the fluorescence emitted and reference light reflected by the tissue 58, along with the reflected excitation light, are collected by the endoscope image guide 56 and are projected through the camera beam splitter 106 onto the low light image sensor 104 and the color image sensor 102.
- Spectral filter 118 limits the light transmitted to the low light image sensor 104 to either green or red autofluorescence light only and blocks the light in the excitation and reference wavebands transmitted by light source filter 76B.
- Spectral filter 119 is inserted into the optical path of the color image sensor 102 during this imaging mode and transmits only the reflected reference waveband light.
- the reflectance light transmission specifications of filter 119 and light source filter 76B are chosen such that the intensity of the reflected light at the color image sensor 102 results in a transduced image signal with good signal-to-noise characteristics and without significant saturation, while at the same time allowing for excitation of sufficient autofluorescence for imaging. (Note that if spectral filter 119 was located between the beam splitter 106 and the endoscope 60, it would also have to transmit the autofluorescence light detected by the low light image sensor 104.) The autofluorescence image is then transduced by the low light image sensor 104, the reference image is transduced by the color image sensor 102, and the resulting image signals are transmitted to the processor/controller 64.
- the processor/controller 64 may provide a control signal to the multimode light source 52 to adjust the intensity control 80 and thereby adjust the level of light delivered to the endoscope 60.
- the processor/controller 64 may also send control signals to the camera 100 to adjust the gains of the low light image sensor 104 and the color image sensor 102 in order to maintain constant image brightness while keeping constant relative gain, as described in more detail below.
- the images from the two sensors are combined into a single image, which is displayed on the video monitor 66. Again, all of the imaging operations occur in real-time.
- Calibration of the signal response may be implemented in the processor/controller 64.
- the gain response of the fluorescence image sensor and reference image sensor are characterized, and those response characteristics are utilized to establish a constant gain ratio between the fluorescence and reference image signal paths.
- the entire signal path must be considered.
- the gains applied to the image signals over the remainder of the image signal path i.e., excluding the image sensors
- maintaining a constant system image signal gain ratio is reduced to establishing a constant gain ratio between the two image sensors.
- the calibration method described herein is for the preferred sensor types: an ICCD for the low light image sensor 104, and a color CCD for the color image sensor 102.
- the gain of an ICCD sensor is typically controlled by varying an analog gain control signal (G).
- G analog gain control signal
- a gain control signal operates on the accelerating voltage that controls the light signal amplification in the intensifier's multichaimel plate.
- the gain can be varied over about four orders of magnitude of light intensity.
- KJ QQD K Q • e-' ICCD ⁇ '
- KQ is the overall gain of the ICCD with the gain control setting at zero
- flCCD (G) # ⁇ • G + a-i • G + 3 • G is a quasilinear function approximated by a polynomial whose coefficients a t are determined by empirical measurements of the response of the ICCD with varying gain.
- the gain of a color CCD can be controlled in two ways: 1) by changing the electronic shutter time (typically in discrete steps) which allows variation in sensitivity over about three orders of magnitude in light intensity, and 2) by changing an analog electronic gain control which allows variation in sensitivity over about one order of magnitude in light intensity.
- the analog electronic gain typically varies exponentially with a control voltage (R).
- KcCD ⁇ -60 ' ⁇ shu tt er ' e >
- KQQ is the overall CCD gain with the electronic shutter at the standard video field rate (e.g., 1/60 second for NTSC video) and with the control voltage set to zero
- ⁇ s hu t ter is the attenuation provided by the electronic shutter
- fccD i ) b r ⁇ - R + b ⁇ - R + ⁇ r3 • i? is a quasilinear function approximated by a polynomial whose coefficients b are determined by empirical measurements of the CCD response with varying gain.
- the gain of the CCD can be adjusted to accommodate a wide range in light intensity by varying -4 shutter * which provides step- wise variation over a wide range, in combination with R, which allows continuous variation over a small range.
- This constant gain ratio can be implemented by designating one image sensor as the
- the gain setting of the other image sensor is determined by solving Equation 1 to find the appropriate value of R, Gutter ( or ⁇ )- Either image sensor may be utilized as the master.
- the choice as to which image sensor is utilized as the master and which the slave depends on factors such as which image signal predominates in the digital domain of the image processor, the technique for solving the equation, and on the time it takes each image sensor to respond to a change in gain.
- the gain calibration method required for other types of image sensors utilizes the same principles, including starting with an equation describing the gain of each sensor in terms of controllable parameters, calculating the ratio of the gain equations, assuming the gain ratio is constant, and solving the gain ratio equation for the parameters of one sensor in terms of the parameters of the other sensor and the constant, and can be derived in a similar manner.
- the operation of the system is similar to that of fluorescence/reflectance mode, so only the points of difference will be described.
- the light source 52 selects and positions the appropriate optical filter 76C into the optical path between the arc lamp 70 and the endoscope light guide 54. This filter 76C transmits substantially those wavelengths of light that will induce the tissue 58 under examination to fluoresce.
- the autofluorescence emitted by the tissue 58 is collected by the endoscope image guide 56 and is projected through the camera beam splitter 106 onto the low light image sensor 104 and the color image sensor 102.
- Spectral filter 118 limits the light transmitted to the low light image sensor 104 to either green or red autofluorescence light only and excludes light in the excitation waveband.
- Spectral filter 119 is inserted into the optical path to the color image sensor 102 during this imaging mode and transmits only the autofluorescence light in the waveband not transmitted to the low light image sensor 104.
- the autofluorescence images are then transduced by the low light image sensor 104 and the color image sensor 102 and the resulting image signals are transmitted to the processor/controller 64. After being processed, the images from the two sensors are combined into a single fluorescence/fluorescence image, which is displayed on the video monitor 66.
- the image sensor gains are controlled in the same calibrated fashion as for fluorescence/reflectance imaging.
- the autofluorescence image detected with the color image sensor 102 will be very dim, the images obtained with this type of sensor will likely not be acquired, processed and displayed in real-time unless some form of signal amplification (e.g., pixel binning, CCD with charge carrier multiplication, etc.) is provided.
- some form of signal amplification e.g., pixel binning, CCD with charge carrier multiplication, etc.
- images from both sensors could be time-averaged and combined before being displayed.
- the camera 100B for this embodiment of a fluorescence endoscopy video system is as shown in FIGURE 5. It differs from the camera in the first embodiment in that all imaging modes utilize a single, high sensitivity color image sensor 102A, preferably a CCD with charge carrier multiplication, a three-CCD image sensor assembly with charge carrier multiplication, a color CCD, a three-CCD color image sensor assembly, a color CMOS image sensor, or a three-CMOS color image sensor assembly.
- a single, high sensitivity color image sensor 102A preferably a CCD with charge carrier multiplication, a three-CCD image sensor assembly with charge carrier multiplication, a color CCD, a three-CCD color image sensor assembly, a color CMOS image sensor, or a three-CMOS color image sensor assembly.
- two images are projected onto the sensor 102 A simultaneously.
- the images are separated and processed by the image processor 64 and displayed according to the imaging mode of the system.
- color imaging mode the color image is separated from the other images, processed and displayed on the video monitor 66.
- filter 119 is moved out of the light path and glass block 121, if required, is moved into position.
- fluorescence/reflectance and fluorescence/fluorescence imaging modes the fluorescence and reference images are first separated by the image processor 64, processed, and then are again superimposed on the video monitor 66 by applying each image to a different monitor color input.
- the gain ratio of the two image signals is determined and maintained by the transmission characteristics of filters 118 and 119 in the camera, and 76B or 76C in the light source.
- the image processor 64 may also be utilized to implement small changes in the gain ratio by changing the brightness of one image with respect to the other during processing.
- the autofluorescence images detected with the color image sensor 102 A will be very dim, and so the images obtained with this type of sensor will likely not be acquired, processed, and displayed in real-time unless some form of signal amplification (e.g., pixel binning, color CCD with charge carrier multiplication, etc.) is provided.
- some form of signal amplification e.g., pixel binning, color CCD with charge carrier multiplication, etc.
- the camera may be used to image autofluorescence in a non-real time mode.
- This configuration of the camera also adds an additional restriction to the design of the optical subsystem.
- the effect of this restriction necessitates that either imaging optical component 112 differs from imaging optical component 114 in such a way that both images are projected onto the same image plane, or that beam splitter 106, after splitting the light from the endoscope 60, utilizes substantially equal optical path lengths for both beams and, in conjunction with similar imaging optical components 112 and 114, projects both images onto the same image plane.
- Such a beam splitter 106 requires a multicomponent or custom beam splitter 106 of the type shown in FIGURES 4D-E.
- the beam splitters shown in these drawings also anticipate the need for an equal optical path length, as described for the imaging optics configuration in FIGURE 3C.
- the camera 100C for this embodiment of a fluorescence endoscopy video system is as shown in FIGURE 6. It differs from the camera 100 A in the first embodiment in that the color image sensor 102 is utilized only for the color imaging mode. As a consequence, filter 119 has been removed from the color image sensor optical path, which also eliminates the need for a filter moving mechanism. Instead, the light that is not being projected towards the color image sensor 102 after being split by the beam splitter 106 is projected towards a dicliroic splitting and filtering assembly 120. This assembly 120 further splits and filters the light from the beam splitter 106 into two spectral components.
- a dichroic splitter 120 divides the incoming light spectrally, so that certain wavelengths are reflected while others are transmitted. Further filtering may then be applied to this spectrally divided light beam.
- the dichroic splitting and filtering assembly 120 may comprise a cube dichroic 130 or a plate dichroic 133.
- Spectral filters 118, 119 may be positioned away from the dichroic mirrors or, in the case of the cube, may be formed as a coating on the cube.
- a reflecting mirror 140 may be used to invert the image reflected off the dichroic mirror.
- the dichroic splitter may be configured as a custom prism assembly as shown in FIGURE 9.
- the optical path between the endoscope 60 and image sensors contains an uneven number of reflections (e.g. , such as from a single component beam splitter or dichroic), the image projected onto the sensor will be left-to-right inverted. The orientation of such images will need to be corrected by image processing.
- the reference sensor 105 preferably comprises a monochrome CCD, monochrome CCD with charge carrier multiplication, ICCD, CID, CMD, CMOS or EBCCD-type sensor, but it may also be a color CCD, a three-CCD color image sensor assembly, a color CCD with charge carrier multiplication, a three-color CCD image sensor assembly with charge carrier multiplication, a color CMOS image sensor, or a three-CMOS color image sensor assembly.
- the camera may combine a real-time autofluorescence image (from the low light image sensor 104) with a time-averaged image from the referenced sensor 105, or may provide all autofluorescence images in non-real time mode.
- Calibration of the light signal path for this embodiment is similar to that of the first embodiment for the preferred choice of image sensors, in which an ICCD is the low light image sensor 104 and a CCD is the reference image sensor 105.
- the reference image sensor is also an intensified sensor such as an ICCD or EBCCD, the equation describing the gain ratio for the two sensors is slightly different.
- the gain setting G ⁇ uor (or G re f) of one image sensor is determined by an automatic gain control.
- the gain setting of the other image sensor is determined by solving Equation 2 to find the appropriate value of G re f (or G ⁇ uor ).
- G re f or G ⁇ uor
- either image sensor may be utilized as the master.
- the camera 100D for this embodiment of a fluorescence endoscopy video system is as shown in FIGURE 8. It differs from the camera 100C in the third embodiment in that the low light image sensor 104 is utilized to image both the first fluorescence image as well as the reference fluorescence or reflectance image.
- the dichroic assembly 120 may include a right angle prism 131 and a glass block 132 that compensate for the differing optical path lengths as shown in FIGURE 9A.
- the dichroic assembly 120 may include a number of prisms having partially and fully reflective surfaces in the same configured manner as the beam splitter shown in FIGURE 4E, except that the partially reflecting surface 95 is replaced with a dichroic mirror surface.
- the imaging optical component 114A differs from imaging optical component 114B in such a way that both images are projected onto the same image plane.
- the transmission of the filter used for the reference reflectance image (e.g., 114B) and light source filter 76B in FIGURE 2 is chosen in such a way that the intensity of the reference reflected image at sensor 104 is similar to that of the fluorescence image for all possible excitation light intensities.
- the images transduced by the low light image sensor 104 are separated by the image processor 64, are processed, and then are again superimposed on the video monitor 66 by applying each image to a different monitor color input.
- a fluorescence endoscopy video system utilizing this embodiment is calibrated in a similar manner to that described in the second embodiment to maintain constant gain ratio.
- the camera 100E for this embodiment of a fluorescence endoscopy video system is as shown in FIGURE 10. It differs from the camera 100A in the first embodiment in that all imaging modes utilize a single, high sensitivity color image sensor 102 A. It differs from the camera in the second embodiment in that the beam splitter is removed and the need for spectral filters 118 and 119 is eliminated.
- Each of the pixel elements on the high sensitivity color sensor 102 A is covered by an integrated filter, typically red, green, or blue. These filters block the reflected excitation light and allow the fluorescence and reflectance light to reach the pixel elements.
- a separate blue blocking filter 118' can be provided.
- the blue blocking filter 118' is a long pass filter that blocks light at blue and shorter wavelengths and transmits light at green and longer wavelengths.
- the intensity of the reflected excitation light is reduced to the point that the integrated filters on the pixel elements provide sufficient further filtering to define the wavelengths of fluorescence and reflectance light that reach the high sensitivity color sensor 102A.
- the primary fluorescence and reference images are superimposed over the same area of the image sensor 102A but, because of the individual filters placed over each pixel, these images are detected by different sensor pixels. Separate primary fluorescence and reference image signals can then be created by the image processor 64 from the single CCD image signal.
- the blue blocking filter 118' is removed from the light path and, if required, glass block 121 is moved into position.
- the color image is processed by image processor 64 and displayed on the video monitor 66.
- the fluorescence and reference images are processed by image processor 64 and superimposed on the video monitor 66 by applying each image to a different color input of the monitor.
- the way in which this embodiment is calibrated to maintain constant relative gain is similar to that described for the second embodiment.
- the reference light transmission specifications of both the light source filter 76B or 76C and the selective color filters integrated with the image sensor 102 A are chosen such that the intensity of the reflected light at the color image sensor active elements results in a transduced image signal with good signal-to-noise characteristics and without significant saturation. At the same time these filters must have appropriate light transmission specifications for excitation and imaging of the primary fluorescence. The filter transmission characteristics must further be chosen to provide the desired ratio of relative primary fluorescence to reference light intensity at the image sensor.
- the autofluorescence images detected with the color image sensor will be very dim, and so the images obtained with this type of sensor will likely not be acquired, processed and displayed in real-time unless some form of signal amplification (e.g., pixel binning, CCD with charge carrier multiplication, etc.) is provided.
- some form of signal amplification e.g., pixel binning, CCD with charge carrier multiplication, etc.
- the camera may be used to image autofluorescence in non-real time mode.
- each of the embodiments of the camera described above are lighter in weight than prior art because no more than one low light image sensor 104 is required. Since such sensors are often heavy, bulky and expensive, the size and cost of the camera is significantly reduced. Furthermore, because a fixed beam splitter 106 is used instead of a movable mirror, the cameras are more robust and can be made less expensively. As indicated above, the filters in the light source and camera should be optimized for the imaging mode of the camera, the type of tissue to be examined, and/or the type of pre-cancerous tissue to be detected.
- FIGURES 11-14 illustrate the preferred filter characteristics for use in a fluorescence endoscopy video system operating in fluorescence/reflectance imaging mode wherein both tissue autofluorescence is being excited and imaged and a reference reflectance light is being reflected and imaged.
- FIGURES 11A-11D illustrate the preferred composition of the light transmitted by filters for a green fluorescence and red reflectance imaging mode.
- FIGURE 11A illustrates the composition of the light transmitted by the light source filter, such as filter 76B, which is used to produce blue excitation light and red reference light. This filter transmits light in the blue wavelength range from 370-460 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the light transmitted in the red wavelength range is adjusted, as part of the system design, to be an appropriate fraction of the light transmitted in the blue wavelength range. This fraction is selected to meet the need to match the intensity of the reflected reference light projected on the color image sensor to the requirements of the sensor, at the same time as maintaining sufficient fluorescence excitation.
- the light transmitted by this filter less than 0.001% is in the green wavelength range of 480-570 mn (or whatever desired subset of this range is specified as the transmission range of the green fluorescence filter described below).
- FIGURE 11B shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter, such as spectral filter 118, for imaging the green fluorescence image.
- the filter blocks the blue excitation light and red reflectance light while transmitting green fluorescence light in the wavelength range of 480-570 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the filter characteristics are such that any light outside of the wavelength range of 480 -570 nm (or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range) contributes no more than 0.1% to the light transmitted by the filter.
- FIGURE 11C shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter, such as spectral filter 119, for imaging the red reflectance image.
- the filter blocks the blue excitation light and green fluorescence light while transmitting red reflectance light in the wavelength range of 590-750 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the filter characteristics are such that any light outside of the wavelength range of 590-750 nm (or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range) contributes no more than 0.1% to the light transmitted by the filter.
- the reference image sensor is a color image sensor, such as a color CCD
- further filtering may be obtained from the color filters integrated with the sensor.
- the in-band transmission characteristics are determined by the need to match the intensity of the reflected reference light projected onto the color image sensor to the requirements of the sensor, in combination with the characteristics of the light source filter described above.
- FIGURE 11D shows the composition of the light transmitted by a dichroic mirror of the kind that may be employed in the dichroic splitter and filter assembly 120.
- the dichroic mirror preferably has a half-maximum transmission in the range of 570-590 nm. It may reflect the shorter wavelengths and transmit the • longer wavelengths (long pass) or transmit shorter wavelengths and reflect longer wavelengths (short pass).
- the dichroic splitter and filter assembly may incorporate the filters shown in FIGURES 1 IB and 11C.
- FIGURES 12A-12D illustrate the preferred composition of the light transmitted by filters for a green fluorescence and blue reflectance imaging mode.
- FIGURE 12A illustrates the composition of the light transmitted by a light source filter which is used to produce excitation light, such as filter 76B described above.
- the wavelengths of the imaged reflectance light are contained within the range of blue excitation wavelengths.
- the filter transmits light in the wavelength range frpm 370-460 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range, but it is not required to transmit any light in the red wavelength range.
- FIGURE 12B shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter for imaging the green fluorescence image, such as spectral filter 118.
- the composition of the light transmitted by this filter has the same characteristics as the light described in FIGURE 1 IB.
- FIGURE 12C shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter, such as filter 119, for imaging the blue reflectance image.
- the filter blocks the green fluorescence light while transmitting blue reflectance light in the wavelength range of 370-460 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the transmission of this filter may need to be restricted so as to prevent the large amount of reflected blue light from overwhelming the sensor.
- the filter characteristics are such that any light outside of the wavelength range of 370-460 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range, contributes no more than 0.1% to the light transmitted by the filter.
- the reference image sensor is a color image sensor, such as a color CCD, then further filtering of the reflected blue light may be obtained from the color filters integrated with the sensor.
- FIGURE 12D shows the composition of the light transmitted by a dichroic mirror of the kind that may be employed in the dichroic splitter and filter assembly 120.
- the dichroic mirror preferably has a half-maximum transmission in the range of 460-480 nm. It may reflect the shorter wavelengths and transmit the longer wavelengths (long pass) or transmit shorter wavelengths and reflect longer wavelengths (short pass).
- the dichroic splitter and filter assembly may incorporate the filters shown in FIGURES 12B and 12C.
- FIGURES 13A-13D illustrate the preferred composition of the light transmitted by filters for a red fluorescence and blue reflectance imaging mode.
- FIGURE 13A illustrates the composition of the light transmitted by a light source filter, such as filter 76B, which is used to produce blue excitation light.
- This filter transmits light in the wavelength range from 370-460 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range. Of the light transmitted by this filter, less than 0.001% is in the red fluorescence imaging wavelength range of 590-750 nm (or whatever desired subset of this range is specified as the transmission range of the red fluorescence filter described below).
- FIGURE 13B shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter, such as spectral filter 118, for imaging the red fluorescence image.
- the filter blocks the blue excitation light, while transmitting red fluorescence light in the wavelength range of 590-750 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the filter characteristics are such that any light outside of the wavelength range of 590-750 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range, contributes no more than 0.1% to the light transmitted by the filter.
- FIGURE 13C shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter, such as filter 119, for imaging the blue reflectance image.
- the composition of the light transmitted by this filter has the same characteristics as the light described in FIGURE 12C.
- FIGURE 13D shows the composition of the light transmitted by a dichroic mirror of the kind that may be employed in the dichroic splitter and filter assembly 120 to split the red fluorescence and blue reflectance.
- the dichroic mirror preferably has a half-maximum transmission in the range of 460-590 nm. It may reflect the shorter wavelengths and transmit the longer wavelengths (long pass) or transmit shorter wavelengths and reflect longer wavelengths (short pass).
- the dichroic splitter and filter assembly may incorporate the filters described in FIGURES 13B and 13C.
- FIGURES 14A-14D illustrate the preferred composition of the light transmitted by filters for a red fluorescence and green reflectance imaging mode.
- FIGURE 14A illustrates the composition of the light transmitted by a light source filter which is used to produce excitation light, such as filter 76B described above.
- This filter transmits light in the blue wavelength range from 370-460 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range. It also transmits light in the green wavelength range of 480-570 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the light transmitted in the green wavelength range (or subset of that range) is adjusted, as part of the system design, to be an appropriate fraction of the light transmitted in the blue wavelength range.
- This fraction is selected to meet the need to match the intensity of the reflected reference light projected on the color image sensor to the requirements of the sensor, at the same time as maintaining sufficient fluorescence excitation.
- less than 0.001% is in the red fluorescence imaging wavelength range of 590-750 nm (or whatever desired subset of this range is specified as the transmission range of the red fluorescence filter described below).
- FIGURE 14B shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter, such as spectral filter 118, for imaging the red fluorescence image.
- the filter blocks the blue excitation light and green reflectance light while transmitting red fluorescence light in the wavelength range of 590-750 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the filter characteristics are such that any light outside of the wavelength range of 590-750 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range, contributes no more than 0.1% to the light transmitted by the filter.
- FIGURE 14C shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter, such as filter 119, for imaging the green reflectance image.
- the filter blocks the blue excitation light and red fluorescence light while transmitting green reflectance light in the wavelength range of 480-570 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the in-band transmission characteristics are determined by the need to match the intensity of the reflected reference light projected onto the color image sensor to the requirements of the sensor, in combination with the characteristics of the light source filter described above.
- FIGURE 14D shows the composition of the light transmitted by a dichroic mirror of the kind that may be employed in the dichroic splitter and filter assembly 120 to split the red fluorescence and green reflectance.
- the composition of the light transmitted by this filter has the same characteristics as the light described in FIGURE 1 ID.
- FIGURES 15A-15D illustrate the preferred composition of the light transmitted by filters for a red fluorescence and near-infrared reflectance imaging mode.
- FIGURE 15A illustrates the composition of the light transmitted by a light source filter, which is used to produce excitation light such as filter 76B described above.
- This filter transmits light in the blue wavelength range from 370-460 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range. It also transmits light in the near-infrared wavelength range of 700-850 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the light transmitted in the near-infrared wavelength range (or subset of that range) is adjusted, as part of the system design, to be an appropriate fraction of the light transmitted in the blue wavelength range to meet the need to match the intensity of the reflected reference light projected on the color image sensor to the requirements of the sensor, at the same time as maintaining sufficient fluorescence excitation.
- FIGURE 15B shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter, such as spectral filter 118, for imaging the red fluorescence image.
- the filter blocks the blue excitation light and near-infrared reflectance light while transmitting red fluorescence light in the wavelength range of 590-700 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the filter characteristics are such that any light outside of the wavelength range of 590-700 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range, contributes no more than 0.1% to the light transmitted by the filter.
- FIGURE 15C shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter, such as filter 119, for imaging the near-infrared reflectance image.
- the filter blocks the blue excitation light and red fluorescence light while transmitting near-infrared reflectance light in the wavelength range of 700-850 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the in-band transmission characteristics are determined by the need to match the intensity of the reflected reference light projected onto the color image sensor to the requirements of the sensor, in combination with the characteristics of the light source filter described above.
- FIGURE 15D shows the composition of the light transmitted by a dichroic mirror of the kind that may be employed in the dichroic splitter and filter assembly 120 to split the red fluorescence and near-infrared reflectance.
- the dichroic mirror preferably has a half-maximum transmission in the range of 690- 710 nm. It may reflect the shorter wavelengths and transmit the longer wavelengths (long pass) or transmit shorter wavelengths and reflect longer wavelengths (short pass).
- the dichroic splitter and filter assembly may incorporate the filters described in FIGURES 15B and 15C.
- FIGURES 16A-16D illustrate the preferred composition of the light transmitted by filters for a green fluorescence and near-infrared reflectance imaging mode.
- FIGURE 16A illustrates the composition of the light transmitted by a light source filter which is used to produce excitation light, such as filter 76B described above. This filter transmits light in the blue wavelength range from 370-460 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range. It also transmits light in the near-infrared wavelength range of 700-850 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the light transmitted in the near-infrared wavelength range (or subset of that range) is adjusted, as part of the system design, to be an appropriate fraction of the light transmitted in the blue wavelength range to meet the need to match the intensity of the reflected reference light projected on the color image sensor to the requirements of the sensor, at the same time as maintaining sufficient fluorescence excitation.
- the green fluorescence imaging wavelength range of 480-570 nm (or whatever desired subset of this range is specified as the transmission range of the red fluorescence filter described below).
- FIGURE 16B shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter, such as spectral filter 118, for imaging the green fluorescence image.
- the filter blocks the blue excitation light and near-infrared reflectance light while transmitting green fluorescence light in the wavelength range of 480-570 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the filter characteristics are such that any light outside of the wavelength range of 480-570 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range, contributes no more than 0.1% to the light transmitted by the filter.
- FIGURE 16C shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter, such as filter 119, for imaging the near-infrared reflectance image.
- the filter blocks the blue excitation light and green fluorescence light while transmitting near-infrared reflectance light in the wavelength range of 700-850 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the in-band transmission characteristics are determined by the need to match the intensity of the reflected reference light projected onto the color image sensor to the requirements of the sensor, in combination with the characteristics of the light source filter described above.
- the filter characteristics are such that any light outside of the wavelength range of 700-850 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range, contributes no more than 0.1 % to the light transmitted by the filter.
- FIGURE 16D shows the composition of the light transmitted by a dichroic mirror of the kind that may be employed in the dichroic splitter and filter assembly 120 to split the green fluorescence and near-infrared reflectance.
- the dichroic mirror preferably has a half-maximum transmission in the range of 590-660 nm. It may reflect the shorter wavelengths and transmit the longer wavelengths (long pass) or transmit shorter wavelengths and reflect longer wavelengths (short pass).
- the dichroic splitter and filter assembly may incorporate the filters described in FIGURES 16B and 16C.
- FIGURES 17A-17D illustrate the preferred composition of the light transmitted by filters for use in a fluorescence endoscopy video system operating in fluorescence/fluorescence imaging mode wherein the tissue autofluorescence being excited and imaged is divided into two spectral bands.
- FIGURE 17A illustrates the composition of the light transmitted by a filter, such as filter 76C, which is used to produce excitation light in the system light source. This filter transmits light in the wavelength range from 370-460 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range. Of the light transmitted by this filter, less than 0.001% is in the fluorescence imaging band from 480-750 nm (or whatever desired subsets of this range are within the specified transmission range of the primary and reference fluorescence image filters described below).
- FIGURE 17B shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter, such as filter 118, for imaging the primary fluorescence image.
- the filter blocks excitation light and red fluorescence light while transmitting green fluorescence light in the wavelength range of 480-570 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the filter characteristics are such that any light outside of the wavelength range of 480-570 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range, contributes no more than 0.1 % to the light transmitted by the filter.
- FIGURE 17C shows the composition of the light transmitted by a camera filter for imaging the reference fluorescence image, such as filter 119.
- the filter blocks excitation light and green fluorescence light while transmitting red fluorescence light in the wavelength range of 590-750 nm, or any subset of wavelengths in this range.
- the filter characteristics are such that any light outside of the wavelength range of 590-750 nm, or any desired subset of wavelengths in this range, contributes no more than 0.1 % to the light transmitted by the filter.
- FIGURE 17D shows the composition of the light transmitted by a dichroic mirror of the kind that may be employed in the dichroic splitter and filter assembly 120.
- the dichroic mirror preferably has a half-maximum transmission in the range of 570-590 nm. It may reflect the shorter wavelengths and transmit the longer wavelengths (long pass) or transmit shorter wavelengths and reflect longer wavelengths (short pass) .
- FIGURE 18 shows the composition of light transmitted by a filter 118' employed for blocking blue light in a camera such as that described in the fifth embodiment and shown in FIGURE 10.
- the filter transmits light in the range 480-750 nm, or any subset of wavelengths of light in this range. Of the light transmitted by this filter, less than 0.001% is in the fluorescence excitation band from 370-460 nm (or whatever desired subset of this range is within the specified transmission range of the light source filters described above).
- the fluorescence endoscopy video systems described in the above embodiments have been optimized for imaging endogenous tissue fluorescence. They are not limited to this application, however, and may also be used for photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) applications.
- PDD applications utilize photoactive drugs that preferentially accumulate in tissues suspicious for early cancer. Since effective versions of such drugs are currently in development stages, this invention does not specify the filter characteristics that are optimized for such drugs.
- a fluorescence endoscopy video system operating in either fluorescence/fluorescence or fluorescence/reflectance imaging mode as described herein may be used to image the fluorescence from such drugs.
- FIGURE 19 shows a block diagram of the relevant system components involved in the process of self-calibration.
- Light from the light source 52 is supplied to an illumination guide 54 of an endoscope 60 and is directed to a fluorescence/reflectance target 59 with known fluorescence and reflectance properties.
- fluorescence and reflectance light from the target 59 is collected and transmitted through an image guide 56 of the endoscope to the camera 100.
- the camera 100 operating in the fluorescence/reflectance or fluorescence/fluorescence mode, spectrally splits and transduces images into separate electrical signals, which are then digitized in the image processor/controller 64.
- the image processor/controller 64 quantifies the magnitude of these digitized image signals in terms of image gray levels.
- the error in the quantified value of the signal response can be reduced to less than 1%.
- the image processor/controller 64 compares the known properties of the target to the quantified signal response and adjusts the gain ratio described previously to the desired constant value. This adjustment compensates for variations in the signal path between the target 59 and image processor/controller 64, due to factors such as variations in transmission properties of different endoscopes being used with the system and changes in the signal response of the system with age.
- Such self-calibration ensures that the gain ratio is set to a value such that tissue suspicious for early cancer in a fluorescence image will appear as a distinctly different color than normal tissue. This self-calibration could be carried out before every endoscopy.
- the method uses a reference target 59 that provides suitable known fluorescence and reflectance response to the light from the light source.
- any suitable object with appropriate fluorescence and reflectance properties can be used as a reference target.
- a reference target 59 can be made by mixing a fluorescent dye(s) and light scattering materials into a liquid.
- the liquid used may be a solute (such as methanol) enclosed in a container with an optical window, or alternatively may be a liquid which hardens to form a solid (such as an epoxy).
- the dye(s) used must be appropriately soluble in the liquid utilized.
- the fluorescence spectrum and brightness of the target 59 is controlled by the choice and concentration of the fluorescence dye (or dyes) contained in the target.
- the fluorescent dye(s) must be chosen such that the light emitted by the light source 52 excites fluorescence light in the green and/or red wave bands defined by the camera filters described above that correspond to a particular imaging mode.
- the fluorescent dye(s) must also be stable with time and not undergo significant photobleaching.
- One such fluorescent dye is Coumarin #540 A.
- the concentration of the fluorescence dye in the target is chosen such that the emitted fluorescence light produces mid-range signal amplitudes at or near a particular clinically used gain setting.
- the reflectance property of the target is controlled by the type and concentration of scattering material added to the target.
- the type of scattering material is chosen for good reflectivity of the reference light in the wavebands defined by the camera filters described above that correspond to a particular fluorescence/reflectance imaging mode.
- the concentration of the scattering material in the target is chosen such that the reflected reference light produces mid-range signal amplitudes at or near a particular clinically used gain setting.
- the contrast between normal tissue and tissue suspicious for early cancer is typically the result of a reduction in the fluorescence signal associated with the disease, which is not matched by a corresponding reduction in the reference signal.
- image areas are therefore chai'acterized by a combination of reduced image brightness and altered color.
- the present invention also includes a method of enhancing the contrast between normal and tissue suspicious for early cancer.
- This method consists of a software algorithm that is applied to the digitized fluorescence/reflectance (or fluorescence/fluorescence) image signals by the image processor/controller 64, and may be utilized in all embodiments of a fluorescence endoscopy video system described previously.
- the contrast enhancement method alters the color and intensity of a pixel in the displayed fluorescence video image as a function of the pixel characteristics and, possibly, as a function of the neighboring pixel characteristics.
- the algorithm consists of a number of elements. Firstly, it characterizes the image on a pixel-by pixel-basis by determining properties such as the ratio of the intensity of the reference image to the intensity of the fluorescence image. The algorithm may also characterize the image by other properties, such as the spatial texture associated with the color in an area containing the pixel of interest. In the second step, the algorithm applies a test to the pixel property values. This test will determine whether the pixel property values fall within a certain specified range.
- a function whose value depends on the results of the test, is applied to change the pixel display properties.
- the function changes the properties of those pixels whose characterized property values fall within a certain range. These pixels will have their properties changed in such a way that, in the displayed video image, they are more easily distinguished from those pixels that do not have characterized property values that fall within the specified range.
- the first step is to quantify pixel properties.
- intensity and color are the pixel properties that can be used to identify such an area.
- the algorithm may measure the intensity df the fluorescence image, the intensity of the reference image (reflectance or fluorescence), or some combination of these. Since the reference and fluorescence images are acquired in different parts (wavebands) of the fluorescence spectrum, the color of a pixel can be characterized by the ratio of the intensity of the reference image to the intensity of the fluorescence image.
- pixel properties may also be useful in characterizing tissues suspicious for early cancer.
- the spatial texture of the color may be such a property.
- One means of characterizing the color texture is to calculate the mean and standard deviation of the ratio of the intensity of the reference image to the intensity of the fluorescence image for pixels in an area of defined size containing the pixel of interest. The standard deviation of this ratio provides a measure of the color texture, which can be associated with the pixel of interest.
- Another way to characterize the color texture is to calculate the two-dimensional Fourier transform of the color ratio in an area of defined size containing the pixel of interest.
- Other pixel or pixel neighborhood properties that uniquely characterize tissue suspicious for early cancer can be quantified using similar techniques.
- the next step in the algorithm is to apply a test to the values of the pixel properties.
- a test can be single dimensional or multidimensional.
- such a test may be based solely on the value of one pixel property (e.g., whether or not the ratio of the reference image intensity to the fluorescence image intensity falls within a given range) or it may be based on a combination of the values of several pixel properties (e.g., whether or not the ratio falls with a given range and the reference intensity falls within a defined range, and the color texture falls within a given range).
- a function which depends on the result of the test, is applied to the properties of the pixel.
- Such a function changes one or more pixel properties, based on the outcome of the test.
- the function can operate on both the fluorescence and reference image components of the displayed video image or on only one of them.
- the function can be linear or nonlinear.
- FIGURE 20 The first embodiment of a contrast enhancement algorithm for a fluorescence endoscopy system is best described by means of FIGURE 20.
- This figure illustrates the test and corresponding function applied to the properties of each pixel.
- the vertical axis in the figure represents the function 302, a relative gain, to be applied to the digitized image signals.
- a separate gain is applied to the primary fluorescence image signal and the reference (reflectance or fluorescence) signal.
- the horizontal axis represents the value of a pixel property 304.
- the pixel property 304 is the ratio of the reference (reflectance or fluorescence) image signal (intensity) to the primary fluorescence image signal.
- the gain applied to the primary fluorescence image signal is unity.
- the gain applied to the reference (reflectance or fluorescence) image signal is increased when the ratio falls within the range defined by break points 306 and 308.
- the gain function applied to the reference (reflectance or fluorescence) image signal has a constant value up to a break point 302. This gain then increases linearly to a break point 310, continues linearly to another break point 312, and decreases linearly to break point 308, beyond which it remains constant.
- the position of the break points on the horizontal axis, and the gain function value at all break points, can be adjusted by the operator of the fluorescence endoscopy video system.
- the fluorescence and reflectance image signals from tissues suspicious for early cancer will consistently and uniquely produce ratio values within a specific range.
- the operator may select gain break points 306 and 308 to be positioned at the extremes of this range and thereby apply a gain to the reference reflectance (or fluorescence) signal over the entire range of ratio values that correspond to tissue suspicious for early cancer.
- the processed primary fluorescence image signal and the processed reference (reflectance or fluorescence) signal are input to color video monitor 66 as different color components of a single superimposed image.
- a second additional test and function is applied.
- the additional test element and function is illustrated by means of FIGURE 21.
- the vertical axis in the figure represents the function, a relative gain 322, to be applied to the digitized image signals.
- a separate gain function is applied to the primary fluorescence image signal and the reference, (reflectance or fluorescence) signal.
- the horizontal axis represents the value of a pixel property 324, which is either the intensity of the primary fluorescence image signal, or the intensity of the reference (reflectance or fluorescence) signal, or a two-dimensional combination of these.
- the gain function applied to the fluorescence image signal is unity.
- the gain applied to the reference image signal decreases linearly above breakpoint 326 to breal point 330. It then decreases linearly beyond break point 330 to break point 328. Beyond break point 328 the gain function is constant.
- the tests and functions illustrated by both FIGURES 20 and 21 are applied sequentially with the result that two or more sets of gain factors are applied.
- the net result is a modification of the intensity value of the pixel of interest by two or more multiplicative factors applied following two or more separate tests.
- This embodiment is an example of a multiparameter test discussed previously. As in the first embodiment, the operator may select the gain factor break points shown in FIGURE 20.
- the operator may also select the gain factor break points 326, 328, and 330, along with their associated gain values. Also as described in the first embodiment, if the piecewise linear functions illustrated in FIGURES 20 and 21 are replaced by any similar functions, not necessarily linear, comparable contrast enhancement can be obtained.
- FIGURE 22 illustrates the test applied to the properties of each pixel.
- This figure is similar to FIGURE 20, except that instead of representing gain, the vertical axis represents an intermediate parameter, Q 340.
- the horizontal axis represents the value of a pixel property 304.
- the pixel property 304 is the ratio of the reference (reflectance or fluorescence) image signal value to the primary fluorescence image signal value for a given image pixel.
- the parameter Q is used to calculate the gain to be applied at each pixel via Equation 3
- the value of Q for the primary fluorescence image signal is unity for all (reference image signal value to fluorescence image signal) ratio values.
- the gain calculated from the equation above and applied to the primary fluorescence image signal is also unity.
- the value of Q for the reference image signal increases when the (reference image signal value to fluorescence image signal) ratio falls within the range defined by break points 306 and 308.
- the value of Q has a constant value up to a break point 302, before increasing linearly to a break point 310, continuing linearly to another break point 312, and decreasing linearly to break point 308, beyond which it remains constant.
- the position of the break points on the horizontal axis, and the gain factors at all break points can be adjusted by the operator of the fluorescence endoscopy video system.
- the gain function is calculated for each pixel of the reference image signal. If the value of Q is greater than one, the value of the reference image signal to which the gain is being applied will increase nonlinearly with increasing values of Q. The gain applied to the reference image signal is larger for lower reference image signal values. The net result of this test and function is that the resulting contrast enhancement depends on both the ratio of the reference image signal value to the primary fluorescence image signal value and the reference image signal value.
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